Femoral triangle

Preferred Label : Femoral triangle;

FMA definition : Compartment of free lower limb, each instance of which is bounded superiorly by some inguinal ligament, laterally by the medial border of some sartorius muscle, and medially by the medial border of some adductor longus muscle.;

Synonyme FMA : Scarpa's triangle;

Details

Origin ID

58780;

UMLS CUI

C0225265;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Femoral triangle structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- femoral triangle [Radlex concept]
- femoral triangle [SNOMED Notion]
Bounded by
- Femoral triangle part of surface of adductor longus [FMA entity]
- Femoral triangle part of surface of iliacus [FMA entity]
- Femoral triangle part of surface of pectineus [FMA entity]
- Femoral triangle part of surface of psoas major [FMA entity]
- Femoral triangle part of surface of sartorius [FMA entity]
RADLEX concept(s)
- femoral triangle [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Femoral triangle structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- femoral triangle [SNOMED Notion]

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